"The Twist" by Chubby Checker has not died yet. This song was first introduced in the year of 1960. Chubby did not think this was going to be such a hit but it was number one in 1960 and 1962. This song is very interesting to the history of rock 'n' roll because this was one of the first songs in which people started dancing unique moves of rock 'n' roll. This song was able to bring all generations together and it let them admit that they all truly liked rock 'n' roll. After 50 years this is still true. Furthermore, many musicians used and some still use the Chubby Checker's moves. For example, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears. "The twist" also inspired other moves such as, The Fly, The Funky Chicken, the Hucklebuck, the Locomotion, the Pony among many more.
This song was a very happy song;
"Take me by my little hand and go like this
Eo-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this."
Just by reading these lyrics without listening to the beat one could tell this is a song that involves a lot of movement.
"My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't
We're ganna twisty twisty twisty."
When I read these lyrics I remembered that adults were scared of rock 'n' roll and it made sense for the first time. They talked about things that songs from before never talked about. These song wasn't too out there but it still alarmed parents.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lyrics Analysis
"Hey Jude" is a song by The Beatles. This song became the most successful song that they ever released. It sold more than 10 million copies in the Unites States. When I first heard this song I fell in love with it. Out of all the songs we have listened to in class, this one was the ones that caught my attention the most. After listening to the song a few times I realized that the message was a little unclear which is why I wanted to analyze this song. After making a little research, I learned that this song was written to Julian. Julian is Cynthia's and John's son. His parents were going through a divorce. Mc Cartney wanted to give a message to Julian through this song but Julian didn't know this until 19 years later. Now the lyrics make much more sense.
"And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders"
This basically means to let everything out, to not stay with it inside. When one keeps everything inside the pain only grows and grows.
"For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder"
This part means that John is cold but that Julian knows that and he shouldn't let that affect him.
Furthermore, I think it is really interesting how different people took the song in different ways. For example, John thought the song was for him because of the following part "go out and get her". I think it is even more interesting that Julian didn't realize the song was written for him. All in all, the song was trying to make Julian feel. In my opinion they should have told him since the beginning and not waiting 19 years.
"And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders"
This basically means to let everything out, to not stay with it inside. When one keeps everything inside the pain only grows and grows.
"For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder"
This part means that John is cold but that Julian knows that and he shouldn't let that affect him.
Furthermore, I think it is really interesting how different people took the song in different ways. For example, John thought the song was for him because of the following part "go out and get her". I think it is even more interesting that Julian didn't realize the song was written for him. All in all, the song was trying to make Julian feel. In my opinion they should have told him since the beginning and not waiting 19 years.
Muse Workshop
I attended the Loan Consolidation Workshop on Tuesday, December 1st, 2010. In this workshop they talked about how to pay loans one has taken out. In my opinion this workshop was very useful because I got a lot of information that could be helpful in my future. It is much better to take all of your loans from one lender. This is better because like this you only have to pay one person and not 10 different ones. I also learned that after obtaining your first degree you will have to pay tax fees even if attending grad school. The process of obtaining a consolidation loan is the following:
verify all loans amounts and current holders.
There are many ways in which one could repay loans. For example, standard repayment(fixed amount form 10-30 years), Graduated Repayments(these start out low but then increase every 2 years up to 30 years), Extended repayments(you need at least to have a loan of $30k and like this will get 25 years to pay back), and Income Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)(this is based on income and family size). Attending this workshop helped me get a better idea of how loans look like. I now know that it is much better to take loans from one lender only. Most importantly one has to look at the taxes one has to pay for every loan.
verify all loans amounts and current holders.
There are many ways in which one could repay loans. For example, standard repayment(fixed amount form 10-30 years), Graduated Repayments(these start out low but then increase every 2 years up to 30 years), Extended repayments(you need at least to have a loan of $30k and like this will get 25 years to pay back), and Income Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)(this is based on income and family size). Attending this workshop helped me get a better idea of how loans look like. I now know that it is much better to take loans from one lender only. Most importantly one has to look at the taxes one has to pay for every loan.
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